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why hard exit editor? Nano say at bottom. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Skullgrid@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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me like use nano. nano say how do thing. nano exit easy.

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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I first ran into nano when I gave Gentoo a try. I had to edit a few config files, so I ran vi... no vi. Emacs? No Emacs. Well, shit, what am I supposed to do? So I went back a bit and read more carefully, apparently there was a thing called nano.
So I ran that. Ew. It was a clone of an old DOS editor of all things. What kind of lunatic had ported that? Anyway I managed to do my edits with it, added normal editors to the system and was on my way.
It was also the last time I used it.

[-] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago

nano is the perfect editor for people who only use editors in the terminal, once in a while to edit a config file.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I don't think it's the perfect editor for anything. They'll have to use vi sooner or later, they might as well learn the basics. Or just use kate.

[-] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

I've been using linux for 25 years and I can count the number of times I used vi to actually edit something on one hand. They will not "have to use vi sooner or later."

It's OK not to like and not use nano. It's also OK to like and use nano.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

It's fine if you only use your own machine. I suppose having accounts on other boxes is less common nowadays, but there's much less guarantee to find your comfort editor there.

Also a 30 year+ linux/unix user.